List of Characters in American Literary Braille

To explain the styles in the "Meaning" column:
Unicode Char. Number Dots Braille Form Braille ASCII Meaning
U+2800 none char U+2800 = ⠀ ⠀ ‹ › (space)
U+2801 1 char U+2801 = ⠁ ⠁ a ‹a›, ‹1› (one)
U+2802 2 char U+2802 = ⠂ ⠂ 1 «ea», ‹,› (comma)
U+2803 12 char U+2803 = ⠃ ⠃ b ‹b›, ‹2›, “but”
U+2804 3 char U+2804 = ⠄ ⠄ ' ‹'› (apostrophe)
U+2805 13 char U+2805 = ⠅ ⠅ k ‹k›, “knowledge”
U+2806 23 char U+2806 = ⠆ ⠆ 2 «-bb-», ‹;› (semicolon)
U+2807 123 char U+2807 = ⠇ ⠇ l ‹l› (ell), “like”
U+2808 4 char U+2808 = ⠈ ⠈ @ {accent indicator}
U+2809 14 char U+2809 = ⠉ ⠉ c ‹c›, ‹3›, “can”
U+280a 24 char U+280a = ⠊ ⠊ i ‹i›, ‹9›
U+280b 124 char U+280b = ⠋ ⠋ f ‹f›, ‹6›, “from”
U+280c 34 char U+280c = ⠌ ⠌ / «st», ‹/› (slash), “still”
U+280d 134 char U+280d = ⠍ ⠍ m ‹m›, “more”
U+280e 234 char U+280e = ⠎ ⠎ s ‹s›, “so”
U+280f 1234 char U+280f = ⠏ ⠏ p ‹p›, “people”
U+2810 5 char U+2810 = ⠐ ⠐ " {contraction5} (a contraction prefix)
U+2811 15 char U+2811 = ⠑ ⠑ e ‹e›, ‹5›, “every”
U+2812 25 char U+2812 = ⠒ ⠒ 3 «-cc-», «con-», ‹:› (colon)
U+2813 125 char U+2813 = ⠓ ⠓ h ‹h›, ‹8›, “have”
U+2814 35 char U+2814 = ⠔ ⠔ 9 «in»
U+2815 135 char U+2815 = ⠕ ⠕ o ‹o› (letter oh)
U+2816 235 char U+2816 = ⠖ ⠖ 6 ‹!› (excl. mark), “to”
U+2817 1235 char U+2817 = ⠗ ⠗ r ‹r›, “rather”
U+2818 45 char U+2818 = ⠘ ⠘ ^ {contraction45} (a contraction prefix)
U+2819 145 char U+2819 = ⠙ ⠙ d ‹d›, ‹4›, “do”
U+281a 245 char U+281a = ⠚ ⠚ j ‹j›, ‹0› (zero), “just”
U+281b 1245 char U+281b = ⠛ ⠛ g ‹g›, ‹7›, “go”
U+281c 345 char U+281c = ⠜ ⠜ > «ar»
U+281d 1345 char U+281d = ⠝ ⠝ n ‹n›, “not”
U+281e 2345 char U+281e = ⠞ ⠞ t ‹t›, “that”
U+281f 12345 char U+281f = ⠟ ⠟ q ‹q›, “quite”
U+2820 6 char U+2820 = ⠠ ⠠ , {capital}, {contraction6}
U+2821 16 char U+2821 = ⠡ ⠡ * «ch», “child”
U+2822 26 char U+2822 = ⠢ ⠢ 5 «en»
U+2823 126 char U+2823 = ⠣ ⠣ < «gh»
U+2824 36 char U+2824 = ⠤ ⠤ - «com-», ‹-› (hyphen)
U+2825 136 char U+2825 = ⠥ ⠥ u ‹u›, “us”
U+2826 236 char U+2826 = ⠦ ⠦ 8 “his”, ‹“› (open-quote)
U+2827 1236 char U+2827 = ⠧ ⠧ v ‹v›, “very”
U+2828 46 char U+2828 = ⠨ ⠨ . {italic}, ‹.› (decimal point), {contraction46}
U+2829 146 char U+2829 = ⠩ ⠩ % «sh»
U+282a 246 char U+282a = ⠪ ⠪ [ «ow»
U+282b 1246 char U+282b = ⠫ ⠫ $ «ed»
U+282c 346 char U+282c = ⠬ ⠬ + «ing»
U+282d 1346 char U+282d = ⠭ ⠭ x ‹x›, “it”
U+282e 2346 char U+282e = ⠮ ⠮ ! «the-», “the”
U+282f 12346 char U+282f = ⠯ ⠯ & «and»
U+2830 56 char U+2830 = ⠰ ⠰ ; {letter}, {contraction56}
U+2831 156 char U+2831 = ⠱ ⠱ : «wh»
U+2832 256 char U+2832 = ⠲ ⠲ 4 «dis-», «-dd-», ‹.› (period)
U+2833 1256 char U+2833 = ⠳ ⠳ \ «ou», “out”
U+2834 356 char U+2834 = ⠴ ⠴ 0 “was”, “by”, ‹”› (close-quote)
U+2835 1356 char U+2835 = ⠵ ⠵ z ‹z›, “as”
U+2836 2356 char U+2836 = ⠶ ⠶ 7 ‹(›, ‹)› (parens), «-gg-»
U+2837 12356 char U+2837 = ⠷ ⠷ ( “of”
U+2838 456 char U+2838 = ⠸ ⠸ _ {contraction456}
U+2839 1456 char U+2839 = ⠹ ⠹ ? «th»
U+283a 2456 char U+283a = ⠺ ⠺ w ‹w›, “will”
U+283b 12456 char U+283b = ⠻ ⠻ ] «er»
U+283c 3456 char U+283c = ⠼ ⠼ # {number}, ‹#›, «-ble»
U+283d 13456 char U+283d = ⠽ ⠽ y ‹y›, “you”
U+283e 23456 char U+283e = ⠾ ⠾ ) “with”
U+283f 123456 char U+283f = ⠿ ⠿ = “for”

sburke@cpan.org, 2017-03-03

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